Zig Zag Crochet

I love to create many things and this is one of my favorites!  I made this for my daughter who requested a pink, white and grey blanket.  I wasn't sure how the colors would turn out but as you can see, they go very well together!

I haven't crocheted in 30 years and only made one prior to this, last year.  It was just a basic baby blanket with no pattern.  I wanted to try this design again so I solicited the help of my aunt, who at 89 still dabbles in craft making and is one of the most talented women I know. 

With her help in understanding the crochet "language" I figured out how to do this.  I had to take it apart many times, (more times than I would have liked) but I wanted it to be done right!  Finally, last night I finished it and couldn't be more pleased at the outcome. 

I can't wait to start my next one and share it with you all!

Shadowbox Bank

I'm always looking for creative things to give as gifts.  This is a really cute idea for any age, especially teens.  It's a fun way to save for something special!

The inside of the box is designed with visuals of what the savings are for.  The top has a slot for money to drop inside. 

In this particular case, my niece wasn't saving for anything in particular so I added things teens look forward to.

Mermaid Cookies

My niece was having her 1st birthday and I wanted to make something special for her party.  The theme of the party was Little Mermaid and I decided to make mermaid cookies.  I wasn't sure how they would turn out if at all. 

To my surprise, they turned out pretty cute!  They were actually easier than I thought.  The most difficult part for me was deciding how I wanted the face.  The samples I looked at had scary looking faces but I think these turned out nice.

Gonna make some cookies to start out the football season this week!

Quinceñera Card

We are invited to a Quinceñera tomorrow for my niece.  This is a coming out party for a girl who is turning 15.  It's a big event with a mass, dinner and reception and a formal affair for the "Quinceñera."

I wanted to make a special card for Brianna and searched around for the right design.  Thanks to a friend of mine, I was able to get my hands on a stamped image of a girl in a formal gown.  I believe this is from the Stampin Up Collection.  I colored her in tangerine orange, since those are the colors of the attendant's dresses.  I used my copic markers to color the face, dress and hair.  The embellishments on the dress were done in yellow Stickles with small rhinestones.  The bouquet, crown and shoes were also done in stickles.  I wasn't happy with how the dress looked.  I thought it needed some gussying up so I found some sample fabric at JoAnn Fabric of Tangerine organza with rhinestones.  I cut the fabric the same size as the dress and attached it to the image. 

I used brown cardstock as the base for the card and layered 6 different Recollections paper on top of the brown.  I stared with the Orange Dots, Rust Shimmer, White Embossed paper, Ambrosia Mandarin, Gold Cardstock topped with a translucent felt type paper with a shimmer. 

I cut the image out and attached her to the top layer.  I cut a circle from the Rust Shimmer and attached the Quince 15 Años to that and layered that on the image corner.  I used a copper ribbon I had lying around and tied a bow and attached it to the top of the card. 

I also decorated the envelope to match using some of the leftover paper and adding adhesive rhinestones to a circle punch.  I love how this turned out. 

Envelope

Flowers, crown and shoes with Stickles

Dress colored with copics and covered with tangerine organza

The Card

Graduation Thank you Cards!

I finally finished the thank you cards last night.  I used red Bazille cardstock for the card with a layer of white.  I stamped a graduation cap from Stampin Up's Tassle Time.  I used Versa Ink on black paper and cut out the hat and attached with foam dot to add depth.  I used a sentiment from Fiskar's So Much Thanks clear stamp set. 

Butterflies

I'm going back to work in a few days and wanted to get some crafting in before I started.  I have this butterfly stamp from Hero Arts that I just love.  I also love playing with my copics so I thought, why not make a few cards to keep on hand, just because.  I hope you enjoy!

Butterfly

This is a card that I made for Mother's Day!  I used Hero Arts Butterfly stamp and painted it with Copic Markers.  I also used Stickles glitter paint on the butterfly.  I stamped the sentiment with black ink on white cardstock and used the colored stamp ink to color the paper.  The scroll was stamped and colored with Perfect Pearls.